Drying out, again!

[Blue.]

3000 bales... fudge me just disposing of the wrap must be a barsteward!

£2.50/bale in wrap cost alone.

@William Mellor whats the disposal cost?

£7500/year in wrap alone would buy a hell of a silage clamp.

 

[early riser]

Same here!
This time last year we had brought in and fed an artic load of hay, several loads of hay fetched ourselves off farmers we knew not to far away, and brought another 100 round bales of hay later in the summer and an artic load of second cut silage bales straight off the field.
Off 200 acres of first cut we got 1600 round bales and then 470 bales second cut off 90 acres.

This year, 3,028 bales off 196 acres, 45 acres of second cut will be ready to come off this next week and if we’re lucky we should manage another cut off the same land/acreage again late summer without any additional bagged fertiliser, and then there’s another 30 acres shut off from grazing 10 days ago for second cut.
Things are looking good so far this year if last year has taught me anything, it’s take advantage of a good growing year as you don’t know what the next year will bring

What baler are you using and have you put a bale over weighbridge recently?

 

[ollie989898]

£2.50/bale in wrap cost alone.

@William Mellor whats the disposal cost?

£7500/year in wrap alone would buy a hell of a silage clamp.

10 years and 75K would build the mother of all clamps....

 

[Beef farmer]

10 years and 75K would build the mother of all clamps....

75k wouldnt build a massive clamp

 

[pappuller]

75k wouldnt build a massive clamp

Certainly not if all ssafo regs are adhered to

 

[William Mellor]

3000 bales... fudge me just disposing of the wrap must be a barsteward!

Peak waste aren’t far from me, defiantly no more than a couple of trailer loads a year

 

[William Mellor]

£2.50/bale in wrap cost alone.

@William Mellor whats the disposal cost?

£7500/year in wrap alone would buy a hell of a silage clamp.

Costs me £1.50 in wrap per bale, last year less than £400 in dispose cost that includes running a tractor and trailer to peak waste

 

[Scholsey]

10 years and 75K would build the mother of all clamps....

Could spend £1000 a year on silage sheets easily, let the guy make his bales!

 

[Ducati899]

Costs me £1.50 in wrap per bale

How many layers you put on? Mine works out £2.55@bale in wrap alone at 6 layers

 

[William Mellor]

What baler are you using and have you put a bale over weighbridge recently?

Weighed a bale on neighbours diet feeder with weigh scales, was pushing 800kg
Baler is a 2011 Mchale f550 we’ve had from new

 

[William Mellor]

How many layers you put on? Mine works out £2.55@bale in wrap alone at 6 layers

18 wrapper spins

 

[Ducati899]

18 wrapper spins

I’m on 24 wrapper spins here,must be a hell of a stack you’ve got with 3000 bales in a heap any pics? NASA must be able to spot it

 

[Blue.]

Costs me £1.50 in wrap per bale, last year less than £400 in dispose cost that includes running a tractor and trailer to peak waste

Could spend £1000 a year on silage sheets easily, let the guy make his bales!

How many layers you put on? Mine works out £2.55@bale in wrap alone at 6 layers

I was working on £2.50/bale wrap cost.

I could spend £1000 on silage sheet a year but to sheet 3.5k t it costs me circa £400 including cling film.

 

[Mr Mackay]

£1.60 approx wrap cost to wrap silage in 4 layers 15 turns via DIY
Mind you ,we wrap at the stack
6 layers is a bit excessive IMO unless its haylege

 

[Scholsey]

I was working on £2.50/bale wrap cost.

I could spend £1000 on silage sheet a year but to sheet 3.5k t it costs me circa £400 including cling film.

We’d spend £400 on side sheets alone for 5 silage pits in a year.

 

[William Mellor]

I’m on 24 wrapper spins here,must be a hell of a stack you’ve got with 3000 bales in a heap any pics? NASA must be able to spot it

Ye probably can they’ll be able to see it more if I end up doing another 1000

 

[Ducati899]

£1.60 approx wrap cost to wrap silage in 4 layers 15 turns via DIY
Mind you ,we wrap at the stack
6 layers is a bit excessive IMO unless its haylege

Used to have people in and put 4 layers on and we’d get waste,mind you they prob weren’t even putting 4 layers on,I’ve just gone with 6 since having my own wrapper

 

[Blue.]

We’d spend £400 on side sheets alone for 5 silage pits in a year.

One clamp here with a movable centre wall here,haven’t seen the back for a good few years so no side sheet needed,also save the top sheet for side sheeting.

 

[Bossfarmer]

I was working on £2.50/bale wrap cost.

I could spend £1000 on silage sheet a year but to sheet 3.5k t it costs me circa £400 including cling film.

that do you cost your increased DM losses at a year for the pit? AHDB reckon most pits have 15% DM losses, bales 3-5%

 

[buffalo_soldier]

Couple or 5 years back I had a price of around £55-£60k for a roofed 1000T clamp all in.

One clamp here with a movable centre wall here,haven’t seen the back for a good few years so no side sheet needed,also save the top sheet for side sheeting.

Its the young guns on here. They cut the top sheets to save rolling them back. Then have to buy them all over again.
Don't know they're born I tell ya.

I even try to reuse the cling film sheets.